Movies like The Dark Half
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The Dark Half (1993)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, splatter, thought provoking, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
supernatural, writers, murder, twins, blackmail, life philosophy, investigation, lookalikes, supernatural ability, alter ego, zombie, serial killer, suspense, evil twin, doppelganger, insanity, husband wife relationship, dream, supernatural power, mental disorder, catastrophe, whodunit, superhero, demon, doctors ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, weird and splatter films with plots about brutality, dialogue, suspense, catastrophe, storytelling, supernatural and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Dark Half: The Night Flier (1997), Riding the Bullet (2004), Village of the Damned (1995), Cujo (1983), Sinister (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style:
scary, splatter, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot:
vampire, reporter, supernatural, monster, writers, macabre, suspense, murder, zombie, airplane, airport, chase ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1969, Alan Parker (Jackson) is a young artist, studying at the University of Maine. He becomes obsessed with death, and believing he is losing his girlfriend, Jessica (Christensen), he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends ...
Style:
scary, psychological, intense, talky, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, macabre, suspense, destiny, halloween, on the road, hitchhiker, life & death, brutality, death, road trip, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
usa, maine
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100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, space and aliens, pregnancy, small town, alien life-form, genetics, husband wife relationship, suspense, mind game, supernatural ability, babies and infants, small town life ...
Time:
90s, 60s
Place:
california, usa
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Grace Rhodes, who is studying to be a doctor, returns to her hometown as a strange illness is afflicting the local children. The symptoms include a high fever and spasms, but even weirder is what happens the next day: All those with the illness ...
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, pastoral, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer child, teenager, murder, supernatural, chase, preacher, dreams, suspense, violence, destiny, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
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scary, tense, serious, bad ending, splatter ...
Plot:
dog, rabies, dangerous animal, suspense, animals, monster, killer dog, macabre, boy, brutality, survival, creature feature ...
Time:
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Place:
maine
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64%
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Movies like Saw
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, suspense, fear, murder, supernatural horror, investigation, evil force, writer's life, paranormal activity, children ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, year 1966, year 1979, year 1998 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, st. louis missouri
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63%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic ...
Style:
disturbing, atmospheric, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twins, suspense, evil child, twists and turns, coming of age, psychology, supernatural, macabre, murder, evil twin, child, creepy child ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
california, new jersey, holland, usa, connecticut ...
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62%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
ghost, doll, macabre, supernatural, murder, ventriloquist, small town, investigation, twists and turns, clown, uncover truth, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
zombie, macabre, cemetery, indian burial ground, death, grave robbing, ghost, family in danger, killer child, suspense, murder, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, demonic possession, curse, suspense, murder, macabre, runaway, investigation, serial killer, family in danger ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, chicago illinois, tokyo, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for ...
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer child, scarecrow, supernatural, demon, cult, religion, killer scarecrow, youth, vengeance, creepy child, zombie, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Playing around with a Ouija board, a trio of friends succeeds in contacting the spirit of a young boy. Trouble begins when the evil spirit, Malfeitor, takes over one of their bodies.
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scary, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, ouija board, evil spirit, medium, witch, psychic, ghost child, obsession, possession, magic, night ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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60%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Style:
psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, obsession, vengeance, brutality, midlife crisis, hallucination, family in danger, rivalry, christmas, psychology ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, supernatural horror, social worker, mysterious character, demon, child abuse, uncover truth, twists and turns, murder, mental institution, evil force ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, medical school, murder, university, amateur detective, woman in danger, teenage life, medical, suspense, death, secret society, professor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Films like It Follows
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style:
psychological, gothic, surreal, scary, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
insanity, investigation, hallucination, suspense, monster, paranoia, supernatural, small town, disappearance, mental illness, writers, fear ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new england, new hampshire, europe, england, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, home invasion, serial killer, survival, murder, survival horror, masked killer, fear, hostage, confined, macabre, torture ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A female collage co-ed freshman who was involved in a fatal car crash discovers she may not have survived the tragedy after all when she becomes caught between the world of the living and the dead A sort of limbo state of being between both the real ...
Style:
psychological, scary, surprise ending, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, supernatural, twists and turns, ghost, alternate reality, life & death, hallucination, psychology, multiple storylines, college, student life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Style:
scary, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, ghost, supernatural, split personality, dissociative identity disorder, murder, doctors and patients, twists and turns, brutality, confined, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Style:
scary, neo noir, dark, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, magic, investigation, supernatural, faked death, occult, violence, desert, fanatic, cult, demon, magician ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1982
Place:
los angeles, new york, mojave desert, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Movies similar to Annabelle
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, murder, masked killer, psychopath, torture, death, violent, writers, monster, hospital ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
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scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, ghost, supernatural, split personality, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, twists and turns, mental illness, a vision, curses spells and rituals, death ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, twist ending, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, afterlife, supernatural, psychic, paranoia, hypnosis, murder, clairvoyance, suspense, supernatural horror, rape ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, frightening, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, paranormal activity, demon, nightmare comes true, child in peril, suspense, serial killer, boy, afterlife ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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59%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cult, killer child, children, suspense, religion, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, good versus evil, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but ...
Style:
scary, gothic, suspenseful, campy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, zombie, murder, reincarnation, supernatural, vengeance, afterlife, cat, monster, infidelity, experiment gone awry, family problems ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, twins, police, neighbor, suspense, hallucination, model, bakery, birthday, restaurant, twin sister, macabre ...
Time:
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Place:
tokyo, new york, usa, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund, a graduate student in psychology, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her..
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scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, nightmare, demon, suicide, haunted by the past, mind game, supernatural ability, fear, psychology, suspense, child in peril ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The idyllic lives of Phil and Kate seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child. But the lovely young Camilla s not what she appears to be.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, sexy, erotic, slasher ...
Plot:
supernatural, death, babies and infants, witch, macabre, mysterious character, hidden identity, curses spells and rituals, nude, sacrifice, pagan, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, surreal, pastoral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, children, killer child, demon, teenager, cult, reporter, investigation, small town, murder, creepy child, religion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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